Movie · 2020 · Switzerland

Persian Lessons

Name: Persian Lessons
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 2020
Duration: 2 h 7 min

War · Drama · 12+ · 2h 7m

#2228 in the all-time ranking · #1669 among films

Age rating: 12+
Runtime: 2h 7m

Persian Lessons is rated 12+ and runs 2h 7m.

Persian Lessons ratings

Overall6.89/ 10

IMDb7.4/ 10

RT Critics80/ 100

Metacritic53/ 100

TMDB7.6/ 10

MC Users6.8/ 10

Age rating for Persian Lessons by country

Switzerland: 12+
UK: 15
Germany: FSK 12
France: TP
Italy: 14+

In Switzerland, Persian Lessons is rated 12+. Age rating by country: Switzerland 12+, UK 15, Germany FSK 12, France TP, Italy 14+.

What is Persian Lessons about?

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

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Where to watch Persian Lessons in Switzerland

Streaming in Switzerland: filmingo, Cinu

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